Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
a "hissing" or "s"-type sound like /z/,/j/,/ch/,/sh/,etc
A sound with a hissing or whistling quality, in Inezeño , , and .
Having the sound of the or the sh in sash.
A category of consonants which give the acoustic impression of hissing, such as [s], [z], etc..
Sibilants are consonants pronounced with a hissing sound (“sâ€).